Pneumatic egg-crate.



Y D. A. JONES.

PNBUMATIG BGG CRATE.

APPLIOATION FILED un. 25, 1913,

1,097,804. Patented May 26, 1914.

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@tto/majo DAVID A. JONES, OF WAYNE, NEBRASKA.

PNEUMATIC EGG-CRATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 26, 1914.

Application 1ed`Apri125, 1913. Serial No. 763,638.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID A. JONES, av

The principal object is to provide a cush ioning means tO protect the eggs from breakage during transit.

Other objects and advantages will be ap'- parent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of my crate, the lid bemg'removed. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional View on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawings, 10V represents a suitable box or container which is provided with a lid 11 hinged thereto, said lid being provided with a suitable locking means 12. Disposed in the box 10 is an inflatable cushion member 13, this member including a plurality of transverse lines of air cells -14 anda plurality of longitudinal cells 15, all 'of these cells communicating. All of the cells 14 and 15 are connected to a bottom chamber 16. An inflatingvalve 17 forL attachment of the ordinary bicycle pump is connected to the cushion member in one corner thereof. The lid 11 is also provided with a cushion cell 18 similar to the cell 16, but only communicatndg with the cell 16 at the hinged side of the The eggs are placed in the crate so that one end rests on the cushion 16 and theJ cushion 18 engages the other end, while the surrounding cells 14 and 15 completely inclose the egg on the sides. It will thus be seen that the eggs are thoroughly protected from striking any hard subst-ances which would tend to crack them, the cushions readily yielding when the box is jarred.

What is claimed is:

The combination with a box having a hinged lid, of a pneumatic cushion secured withinthe box and lid, said cushion comprising a lid carried air chamber, a box carried air chamber, and a plurality of transverse longitudinal air cells disposed on and connected with the box carried chamber, the

box carried chamber, the lid carried chamber an`d the said transverse and longitudinal cells all communicating with each other, and an inflating valve carried by the cushion member whereby allv of the cells and chambers can be simultaneously inflated.

Intestimony whereof, I/aix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

DAVID A. JONES. Witnesses:

H. F. WILSON, H. S. RINGLAND. 

